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Sapper WALTER JOSEPH ATKINS

Service Number: 207179
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

247th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUFFS ROAD CEMETERY

C. 47.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Youngest son of Albert E. and Ellen Atkins, of 62, Pix Rd., Letchworth, Herts. Native of Cold Blow, Walmer, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

BUFFS ROAD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 289
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